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noun

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as in earthquake

a shaking of the earth the quake registered 6.5 on the Richter scale, causing widespread damage

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verb

ˈkwāk

as in to shake

to make a series of small irregular or violent movements the horror film was so scary it left us quaking with fear for hours afterwards

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Recent Examples of quake

Noun

It was initially measured as a 3.7 magnitude quake. —

Sierra Lopez, The Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2025 State media said over 30,000 people affected by the quake had been relocated. —

Reuters, NBC News, 8 Jan. 2025

Verb

Dry skin types might quake at the thought of a matte powder, but the Airbrush bronzer happens to have a silky, powder-to-cream texture and is spiked with hydrating hyaluronic acid to keep skin looking and feeling supple throughout the day. —

Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 26 Sep. 2024 The album’s title track—easily one of the best pop songs of the twenty-tens—is a rich, lashing ode to being young and hot and quaking with desire. —

Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for quake

Recent Examples of Synonyms for quake

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As Stephen Nesbitt wrote in a beautiful feature yesterday, Sasaki’s hometown was largely wiped away by the infamous Tohoku earthquake.

— Chris Branch, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
Although Onagawa was closer to the earthquake’s epicenter and faced an even more powerful tsunami, the reactors there – which were identical in type and age to Fukushima’s and subject to the same regulations – emerged almost unscathed.

— Najmedin Meshkati, The Conversation, 15 Jan. 2025